Revelation 16:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
for they have shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve."

New Living Translation
Since they shed the blood of your holy people and your prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is their just reward.”

English Standard Version
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!”

Berean Study Bible
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”

New American Standard Bible
for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it.”

NASB 1995
for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it."

NASB 1977
for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink. They deserve it.”

Amplified Bible
for they have poured out the blood of the saints (God’s people) and the prophets, and You [in turn] have given them blood to drink. They deserve Your judgment.”

Christian Standard Bible
Because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, you have given them blood to drink; they deserve it!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Because they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, You also gave them blood to drink; they deserve it!

Contemporary English Version
They poured out the blood of your people and your prophets. So you gave them blood to drink as they deserve!"

Good News Translation
They poured out the blood of God's people and of the prophets, and so you have given them blood to drink. They are getting what they deserve!"

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You have given them blood to drink because they have poured out the blood of God's people and prophets. This is what they deserve."

International Standard Version
You have given them blood to drink because they spilled the blood of saints and prophets. This is what they deserve."

NET Bible
because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!"
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

New King James Version
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, And You have given them blood to drink. For it is their just due.”

King James 2000 Bible
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are deserving of it.

New Heart English Bible
For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."

World English Bible
For they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve this."

American King James Version
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

American Standard Version
for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

A Faithful Version
For they have poured out the blood of saints and of prophets, and You have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy."

Darby Bible Translation
for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.

English Revised Version
for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.

Webster's Bible Translation
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For they shed the blood of the Saints, & Prophets, and therefore hast thou giuen them blood to drinke: for they are worthy.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For they shed out the blood of saintes and prophetes, and therfore hast thou geuen them blood to drynke: for they are worthie.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
for they shed the bloude of sayntes, and prophetes, and therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to drynke: for they are worthy.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
for they shed out the blo ude of sayntes and prophettes and therfore hast thou geven them bloud to drynke: for they are worthy.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
because they poured out [the] blood of holy ones and prophets, and You gave to them blood to drink, for they are worthy”;

Berean Literal Bible
because they have poured out the blood of saints and of prophets, and You have given to them blood to drink, they are worthy."

Young's Literal Translation
because blood of saints and prophets they did pour out, and blood to them Thou didst give to drink, for they are worthy;'

Smith's Literal Translation
For they poured out the blood of the holy, and of the prophets, and thou didst give them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Literal Emphasis Translation
Because they have poured out the blood of saints and of prophets and You have given them blood to drink; they are worthy.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For they have shed the blood of the Saints and the Prophets, and so you have given them blood to drink. For they deserve this.”

Translations from Aramaic
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because they have shed the blood of the Prophets and of The Holy Ones, and you have given them blood to drink. They deserve it.”

Lamsa Bible
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
For they have shed the blood of saints and of prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink, and they are worthy.

Godbey New Testament
because they shed the blood of saints and of prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.

Haweis New Testament
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.

Mace New Testament
for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets: thou hast given them blood to drink; for they have deserv'd it."

Weymouth New Testament
For they poured out the blood of Thy people and of the Prophets, and in return Thou hast given them blood to drink. And this they deserved."

Worrell New Testament
because they poured out the blood of saints and of prophets, and Thou hast given them blood to drink: they are worthy!"

Worsley New Testament
and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
















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